In southern Colombia, a tribe of indigenous people, the Nasa Indians, have risen up after being caught in the crossfire of a government offensive against leftist guerrillas. In mid-July, hundreds of Nasa, whose only weapons are wooden spears and clubs because of an abhorrence for guns, managed to seize a government outpost on a hill in Toribio, southern Colombia. State forces wrested back control, but the incident has catalyzed local discontent and frustration with the government.

A Colombian soldier throws a tear gas canister on Mount Berlin, Toribio, Colombia, on July 18, 2012. Soldiers and riot police regained control of a military redoubt that had been taken by hundreds of indigenous peasants on Tuesday, demanding the departure from their land of both state forces and FARC guerrillas.

In southern Colombia, a tribe of indigenous people, the Nasa Indians, have risen up after being caught in the crossfire of a government offensive against leftist guerrillas. In mid-July, hundreds of Nasa, whose only weapons are wooden spears and clubs because of an abhorrence for guns, managed to seize a government outpost on a hill in Toribio, southern Colombia. State forces wrested back control, but the incident has catalyzed local discontent and frustration with the government.